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01-27-2012, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ArmsOfLove

Tay, special needs children need to be treated according to their developmental age, not their actual age. Just like preemies for the first few years need to be compared to their actual age and not adjusted age. That makes it all harder--but IME having a special needs child made it even more real how much up to age 5 they were just little ones. When a 4yo is acting like a 4yo it's frustrating--when a 10yo is acting like a 4yo it's sad

I know this is an old thread, I just have to say, thank you! It is SO hard to keep the special needs age in check. I mean, my ds(almost 9) is an Aspie and emotionally, he's like a 6-7 yr. old and it's HARD to keep that in perspective. It's even harder b/c he's physically the size of a 10-12 yr old. So, I look at him and think, "Why are you acting like this!!!?", but most of the time I forget that on the outside, he's a big guy, on the inside he's a little guy who has a really hard time sometimes.

I wish I could tattoo some things on my brain, really, I do

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